On 19 Sep 1872, Ellen Wright and James C. Wright together leased a tract of their land to Samuel Carrothers who was operating a distillery on the land. The deed is shown below. This appears, from a later deed, to be "a strip of 1/2 acre of ground, part of a tract of 350 acres of land in Bullitt County, Kentucky, conveyed by William Polk to James and Joseph H. Wright, said strip fronting on the west side of the turnpike 420 feet and running back 55 feet at one end and 50 feet at the other."
Ellen Wright extended the lease in 1875.
Bullitt County Deed Book T, Page 166
Know all men by these presents that we Ellen Wright and J. C. Wright of Jefferson County, Kentucky, owners of the land on which the distillery operated by Samuel Carrothers and company is located, being a piece of land lying on the Louisville and Bardstown Turnpike Road near Mount Washington in Bullitt County, Kentucky, and being the same land described in the survey of "Distiller's premises" made by the government for Samuel Carrothers and company, do hereby covenant that the same premises and land shall be used by the said Samuel Carrothers and company for distillery purposes, and subject to the laws and regulations governing distillers.
And in case of the forfeiture of the distillery premises or any part thereof, the title of the same shall vest in the United States discharged from all encumbrances. This agreement is continued in force for the space of four years from this date. Witness my hand this 19th day of September 1872. (signed) Ellen Wright, James C. Wright
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